Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

202 for Monday, October 5th. In today's news, America's enemies may take advantage of our distracted country and hospitalized

President.

Pope Francis warns that the world is drifting backward, and thousands of chairs are lined up in front of the White House as a

solemn reminder of the COVID-19 dead. But first, the big idea. The White House

continued to provide limited and contradictory information on Sunday

about President Trump's health, saying that he had been given a steroid treatment after twice

suffering bouts of low oxygen, but also contending that he's doing

well and could soon be discharged from the hospital where he's being treated for

the coronavirus. Adding to the confusion about his status, Trump briefly left Walter Reed in

Bethesda to waive supporters from a motorcade after releasing a video on Twitter

thanking people who were gathered outside the facility. Several secret service agents and doctors were

aghast about that outing. Advisors said Trump wanted to show strength with the car ride.

At a news conference earlier Sunday, Trump's medical team tried to clear up the muddled picture it had created the day before when White House Chief Dr. Sean Conley falsely suggested that Trump had not been given any supplemental oxygen.

But Connly continued to avoid directly answering

specific questions about Trump's health on Sunday,

even as he revealed that the president has been given

Dexamethosone, a steroid which which is typically reserved for only the most severely ill coronavirus patients who need oxygen.

Conley admitted to withholding truthful information about Trump's plummeting blood oxygen levels on Friday,

indicating that he did so to put a positive spin on the President's improving condition,

and that he did so at the president's direction.

Conley also announced that Trump's oxygen levels dropped again on Saturday.

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